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Immerse yourself in the glamorous world of 1920s Paris and a glittering cast of Russian emigrés, including Marc Chagall, Igor Stravinsky, Diaghilev, Nijinsky, and Anna Akhmatova. For readers of Simon Sebag Montefiore, Orlando Figes and Margaret Macmillan, this is European historical non fiction at its best. In hardback it was selected as a TLS book of the year, and was widely reviewed in the Times, Telegraph and The Spectator.

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From Helen Rappaport, the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanov Sisters comes After the Romanovs, the story of the Russian aristocrats, artists, and intellectuals who sought freedom and refuge in the City of Light.Paris has always been a city of cultural excellence, fine wine and food, and the latest fashions. But it has also been a place of refuge for those fleeing persecution, never more so than before and after the Russian Revolu...

A TLS and Prospect Book of the Year From the internationally bestselling author of Four Sisters comes the story of the Russian aristocrats, artists, and intellectuals who sought refuge in Belle Époque Paris. From the time of Peter the Great, Paris was the playground of the tsarist aristocracy. But the fall of the Romanov dynasty in 1917 forced Russians of all types to flee their homeland. Leaving with only the clothes on their backs, many came...

From New York Times bestselling author Helen Rappaport comes a superb and revealing biography of Mary Seacole that is testament to her remarkable achievements and corrective to the myths that have grown around her.Raised in Jamaica, Mary Seacole first came to England in the 1850s after working in Panama. She wanted to volunteer as a nurse and aide during the Crimean War. When her services were rejected, she financed her own expedition to Balac...

From Helen Rappaport, the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanov Sisters comes After the Romanovs, the story of the Russian aristocrats, artists, and intellectuals who sought freedom and refuge in the City of Light...

AFTER THE ROMANOVS by Helen Rappaport is a forthcoming title from St. Martin's Press.

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An in-depth biography of Mary Seacole that unveils the truth about her remarkable achievements and debunks the many myths about her life

An in-depth biography of Mary Seacole that unveils the truth about her remarkable achievements and debunks the many myths about her life

A 12-WEEK NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Helen Rappaport paints a compelling portrait of the doomed grand duchesses." -People magazine"The public spoke of the sisters in a gentile, superficial manner, but Rappaport captures sections of letters and diary entries to showcase the sisters' thoughtfulness and intelligence." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Days of the Romanovs and Caught in the Re...

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In this international bestseller investigating the murder of the Russian Imperial Family, Helen Rappaport embarks on a quest to uncover the various plots and plans to save them, why they failed, and who was responsible.The murder of the Romanov family in July 1918 horrified the world, and its aftershocks still reverberate today. In Putin's autocratic Russia, the Revolution itself is considered a crime, and its anniversary was largely ignored. ...

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